WoRMS name details
Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
382197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382197)
alternative representation
Species
Tridacna (Tridacna) Bruguière, 1797 represented as Tridacna Bruguière, 1797
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tridacna (Tridacna) gigas (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382197 on 2026-05-28
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Nomenclature
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(of Chama gigas Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Tan, E. Y. W.; Quek, Z. B. R.; Neo, M. L.; Fauvelot, C.; Huang, D. (2021). Genome skimming resolves the giant clam (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae) tree of life. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-02039-w [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 252 [details]
[request]basis of record Tan, E. Y. W.; Quek, Z. B. R.; Neo, M. L.; Fauvelot, C.; Huang, D. (2021). Genome skimming resolves the giant clam (Bivalvia: Cardiidae: Tridacninae) tree of life. <em>Coral Reefs.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-02039-w [details]
basis of record Poorten, J.J. ter. (2024). A taxonomic iconography of living Cardiidae. Harxheim: ConchBooks, 600 pp.
page(s): 252 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Length L 200-1500 mm [details]
